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Guidelines are not a barrier – they’re a spur to creativity
In his recent letter, Stephen Willard is quite wrong to state that corporate guidelines stifle creative design and innovation for designers who have to work with the brand. In our
RIP James Herbert – he will be missed by all at JHP Design
We are sad to report the recent death of retired JHP Design director James Herbert. James joined his twin brother John’s consultancy in 1982 and he was responsible for many
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In the week of the design challenge, on The Apprentice episode two, I couldn’t have agreed more with Jack Stark’s letter when he says, ‘I wish there had been a
Voxpop
Mark Porter has defended The Guardian’s decision to put functionality over aesthetic considerations when the paper relaunched its homepage last week. Did it deserve a more sympathetic response to its
Inspired
I regard myself as a graphic designer. When I respond to the ‘What do you do?’ question at parties, I say I design in two dimensions, but it’s more than
Go out on a lyrical limb
Rembrandt distinguished himself with his attention to detail and experimentation, says Jim Davies, but only a few designers today stand out in the same way
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London art promoter and publisher Concrete Hermit has published a book of postcards featuring previously unseen work by graphic designer Von
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